About
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Research
Research interests
- The English Civil War
- Tudor Rebellions
- Witchcraft
Current research
The English Civil War
As part of my work for the ongoing AHRC-funded 'Conflict, Welfare and Memory' project, I am preparing an edited volume which will include full transcriptions of all of the maimed soldiers' and war widows' petitions from 1642 to circa 1710 which survive for the South West of England.
Tudor Rebellions
I am completing a major monograph on the Western Rising of 1549 - the so-called 'Prayer Book Rebellion'.
Witchcraft
I am carrying out research for an article on prosecutions for witchcraft in the city of Exeter after the Restoration.
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Research interests
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Supervision
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Teaching
Tudor Rebellions (Year 1)
Scolds and Skimmingtons (Year 2)
Witchcraft (Year 2)
The English Civil Wars (Year 3)
Early modern English literature (Years 1-3)
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Biography
I grew up in rural mid-Devon, and, after leaving school, worked for a time as a field archaeologist in Exeter. I studied for my undergraduate degree in History at the University of Southampton, and for my DPhil at the University of Oxford. I then went on to hold a Scouloudi Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research in London and a British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Exeter before being appointed to my present post at Southampton. I specialise in early modern British history, with particular research interests in the British crisis of the 1640s; witchcraft; urban society; and Tudor rebellions. I have written many scholarly articles and eight monographs, including The Black Legend of Prince Rupert’s Dog: Witchcraft and Propaganda during the English Civil War (University of Exeter Press, 2011); Water in the City: The Aqueducts and Underground Passages of Exeter (University of Exeter Press, 2014); and A Murderous Midsummer: The Western Rising of 1549 (forthcoming with Yale University Press, 2022). I am currently one of the co-investigators on the major AHRC-funded research project, ‘Conflict, Welfare and Memory: Maimed Soldiers and War Widows of the English Civil Wars, 1642-1700’. I have served on the Council of the Royal Historical Society, on the advisory board of the Victoria County History and on the editorial advisory panel of BBC History Magazine. I have also appeared on more than 50 radio and TV programmes, including: ‘The World at One’; ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’; ‘The Long View’ and ‘Making History’.
Prizes
- Helyer an Gof Prize (2023)
- Best Book on the history of Devon, 2022 (2023)
- Best book on the history of Cornwall, 2022 (2023)
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Prizes
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